这十个特征是：
1.拥有具备全球视野的领导者
只有领导者群体具有全球视野，才能对一个大都会区的全球化产生最大的潜在影响。
2.面向全球的传统
由于规模大小、所处的地理位置、历史因素等，某些城市在发展早期就面向全球，从而获得了先发优势。
3.通过专业化优势，将触角伸向全球
很多城市往往通过独特的经济专业化优势，确立其在全球的初始地位，并将其作为多元化的平台。
4.具备应对全球变化的能力
在一轮又一轮的全球变化中，只有那些对这种变化具备适应能力的城市，才能在市场中维持自身的地位。
5.知识氛围和创新文化
在全球发展越来越由知识驱动的背景下，要想在全球经济中取得积极的进展，就离不开能激发新创意、新方法、新产品和新技术的高级人力资源。
6.为世界所提供的机会和吸引力
大都会区以极具吸引力、开放性和充满机会，吸引全世界的人才和企业。
7.国际连通性
与全球的相关性，要求城市有覆盖全球的能力。通过精心设计的现代化设施，城市中的人和商品才能与国际市场高效联接。
8.有确保战略重点投资安全的能力
能吸引国内及全世界的各种投资资源，对大都会区有效提升其追求增长战略目标的能力，有决定性意义。
9.政府是大都会全球化的推动者
在企业和大都会“走向全球”的过程中，联邦、州和市政府各自承担的既独特又互补的角色，起到了推进作用。
10.引人注目的全球身份
这些城市在全球确立了有吸引力的城市身份，以及与国际市场的关联性。这不仅可以提高该都市的知名度，也是围绕共同目标打造整个地区。
这些特征有一个基本的顺序。这个顺序以“拥有具备全球视野的领导者”作为开始，这是因为对于地区领导者来说，拥有全球视野是评估和发挥其他特点的基础；它以“引人注目的全球身份”作为结束，这是因为此项特征包括了该地区如何在全球化的背景下，组合并呈现出一系列的特征。第二至第九个特征，包涵了一条有关城市如何进入并确立其国际地位的具有典型性的逻辑关系，该链条从历史早期就定位向国际化发展的先发优势说起。这个表单也向我们显示出，这些特征之间是如何匹配成对的，比如特征三（专业化）和特征四（适应能力）是一对，特征五（创新精神）和六（机会与吸引力）是一对，特征七(与全球的连通性)与八(投资安全)是一对。
本文没有提供大都市的排名或者指数，也没有依据其发展阶段或是类别给大都市分组。事实上，各种资料中都能够找到由各种方法和数据所得到的全世界的城市排名。而本文意在让读者去思考如何走上一条通往更美好的未来的道路，文章提供了大都市成功走向国际化的关键要素，使得各个大都市地区可以利用其独特优势和潜力作为其发展的起点。最后，通向国际化的道路是多样的，各个大都市都必须根据自己的条件，在借鉴其他城市经验的基础上，探索自己的国际化道路。
其中一些特征，不仅关乎大都市走向国际化，还与其基础的经济发展竞争力和能否取得成功密切相关。这些观点并不违背本文的初衷。大都市在本地区具备了这些特点，那么它们也就更可能在全球范围内获得成功。这里的一个关键点是，城市建设的参与者要站在使城市在全球竞争中做好充分准备的立场上来看待这些基本因素。在思考这十个特征的时候，应该留心以下要点：
大多数成功实现国际化的城市都同时具备这十项特征中的某几项（也就是说，他们不是仅依靠上述一两项特征取得成功的），并且它们在其中的一项或者多项核心特征中，做得非常出色，但鲜有城市能够做到十个特征都全部出色。
在全球市场的竞争中，根据城市发展参与者的能力不同，每个特征的相对力量会随时间发展而有所变化。如果只是沉溺于成功的喜悦中，城市便会失去其竞争优势。
城市可以在一段时间里承继与这些特征相关的优势，从而在接下来的时间段中能更趋国际化。今天城市所做的全球化努力，也会成为未来大都市可继承的特征。
城市的全球化需要长远考虑。这里需要强调，全球化是城市在多个经济周期里获得的特性和得益的综合体现。
为了在国际市场进行竞争，大都市的领导者必须促使本地市场与国际市场进行互动。实现全球化，不仅是在国际市场上卖东西，更要确保本地市场在国际化的大背景下能有效运转。城市必须通过更大程度地参与国际贸易来扩张经济；发挥已有的产业聚集的优势；努力实现该城市与国际市场在商品、服务、人员、理念和资本方面的无缝对接。同时，他们必须确立自身的优势。对于提高城市全球化水平来说，更重要的是，城市建设者要提升其兑现承诺的能力，发挥其优势的能力，以及通过良好的治理适应不断变化的全球经济的能力。
这些跨领域的、相互交错的内容揭示出，因经济、政治、地理因素各不相同，不同的城市应有不同的全球化参与战略。但是，所有走向全球化的城市的起始步骤都是相同的，即对将决定自己的全球地位的优势和弱点进行评估。本文所提的十个特征即可用来开始这一进程。
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The 10 traits of globally fluent metro areas：
The 10 traits are:：
1.Leadership with a Worldview
Local leadership networks with a global outlook arguably have the greatest potential for impact on the global fluency of a metropolitan area.
2. Legacy of Global Orientation Owing to their location, size, and history, certain cities are oriented toward global interaction at an early stage, giving them a “first mover” advantage.
3. Specializations with Global Reach
Cities often establish their initial global position through a distinct economic specialization, leveraging it as a platform for diversification.
4. Adaptability to Global Dynamics
Cities that sustain their market positions are able to adjust to each new cycle of global change.
5.Culture of Knowledge and Innovation
In an increasingly knowledge-driven world, positive development in the global economy requires high levels of human capital to generate new ideas, methods, products, and technologies.
6.0pportunity and Appeal to the World
Metropolitan areas that are appealing, open, and opportunity-rich serve as magnets to people and firms from around the world.
7．International Connectivity
Global relevance requires global reach that efficiently connects people and goods to international markets through well-designed, modern infrastructure.
8.Ability to Secure Investment for Strategic Priorities
Attracting investment from a wide variety of domestic and international sources is decisive in enabling metropolitan areas to effectively pursue new growth strategies.
9. Government as Global Enabler
Federal, state, and local governments have unique and complementary roles to play in enabling firms and metropolitan areas to “go global.”
10.Compelling Global Identity
Cities must establish an appealing global identity and relevance in international markets not only to sell the city, but also to shape and build the region around a common purpose.
There is a rationale to the order of these traits. The list begins with Leadership with a Worldview because having a worldview is the basis for regional leaders to be intentional in evaluating and leveraging all other traits. The list ends with Compelling Global Identity because this trait encompasses how the region packages and presents the combined group of traits on a global scale. Traits 2–9 constitute a logical flow of how cities typically enter and establish their global positions, starting with the “first mover” advantage of those that were globally oriented early in their histories. The listing also reveals how the traits pair off with each other, such as Traits 3 (specializations) and4 (adaptability); Traits 5 (innovation) and 6 (opportunity and appeal); and Traits 7 (connectivity) and 8(securing investment).
This paper does not provide a ranking, index, or grouping of metropolitan areas by stage or category. Global cities rankings serve a purpose and are readily available from a wide variety of sources, using very different methods and data. Instead, this guide is designed to make the reader think about how to get on a path toward a desired future, provide insight into the underlying attributes to global success, and allow each metropolitan area to determine its unique starting point and potential. Ultimately, there are different pathways to global fluency, and each metropolitan area must explore them on its own terms, using the examples of other metropolitan areas as a guide.
Some of the 10 traits are relevant not only to global fluency, but to fundamental economic development competitiveness and success. That point is not at odds with the intent of this paper. Metropolitan areas that exhibit these traits on a local scale are more likely to realize success on a global scale. What is important is that actors view each of these fundamentals through a global lens in order to be more fully prepared to compete on a worldwide scale. A few key observations should be kept in mind when considering the 10 traits:
The most successful cities are those that achieve some level of integration across several of the traits (that is, they are not overly dependent on one or two traits) and excel in one or more core traits. Few, if any, cities excel in all 10 traits.
The relative strength of each trait evolves over time based on competition in the global market and the foresight of local actors. Cities can lose their edge if they are complacent.
Metropolitan areas can inherit strengths related to certain traits during one era and be more intentional during the next. Today’s successful intentional efforts become part of the metropolitan area’s inherited traits.
Global fluency is about long-term thinking. It bears repeating that global fluency is the sum of accumulated characteristics and benefits over multiple business cycles.
